Piper PA-12
N3846M is a Piper PA-12, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 3 seats. It is registered to an individual in Fairbanks, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 12, 2024 and expires on May 31, 2031. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated February 8, 1956. 2 documents are on file: 2 × bill of sale (evidence of ownership).
Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- PA-12 · all PA-12s and related versions
- Serial number
- 12-2757
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-290 SERIES · 140 hp
- Seats
- 3
- Year built
- Not given
- Cruising speed
- 82 mph
- Transponder code
- A46D5C (octal 51066534)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- May 12, 2024
- Expires
- May 31, 2031
- Last FAA action
- May 12, 2024
- Airworthiness
- Standard · February 8, 1956
- FAA region
- Alaskan
- FAA record id
- 00490374
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Fischer Joshua S
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 6025 Chena Hot Springs Rd
Fairbanks, AK 99712-3608
Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.
Documents on file 2
Records check free · 1 to understand · 3 clear
The public federal record on N3846M, read the way a buyer, lender or insurer reads it: FAA registration, prior tail numbers keyed on the serial number, reuse of the tail number, recent registry filings, and the NTSB accident record under this and every earlier registration.
Valid registration to Fischer Joshua S, an individual, certificate issued May 12, 2024, expires May 31, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 12-2757 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N3846M according to the deregistered file. [2]
2 documents received recently: Bill of sale (evidence of ownership) (September 8, 2026), Bill of sale (evidence of ownership) (September 9, 2026). [3]
2 NTSB records under N3846M: Accident on June 14, 2025 at Fairbanks, AK: serious injuries, substantial damage. Accident on June 14, 2000 at Dutch John, UT: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
These live in the FAA aircraft records file (every document ever filed against the aircraft) and, for larger aircraft, the International Registry. Part of the full report.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-12 · operated under 091
The pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from trees during a go-around with a tailwind.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC25LA051 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-12 · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to compensate for wind conditions and control the aircraft while landing in gusting wind conditions.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for DEN00LA111 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data